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For generations, Gatorade and similar electrolyte beverages have been helpful tools for athletes seeking a competitive edge.

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In 1983 archaeologists excavating a cave in South Africa discovered an unusual femur bone. It belonged to an unspecified ...

Have you looked at the international rankings of the world's happiest countries lately? Measuring a country's subjective levels of happiness has become something of an international sport.

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Ancient fossils of the world's very first dinosaurs may be buried in places almost impossible to investigate, according to ...

The youngest and most metal-rich stars, such as the Sun, are called Population I. Older stars with fewer metals are Population II. The oldest stars, the very first stars to appear in the Universe, are ...

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A ketamine-based nasal spray is officially the first and only standalone therapy available for treatment-resistant depression ...

The number of people being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) ...

In the Wasatch Mountains of the western US on the slopes above a spring-fed lake, there dwells a single giant organism that ...